The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

Resources

Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Bonner County have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and at the Idaho State Historical Society's Library in Boise. Details of the county records in these respective institutions can be obtained from their online catalogs or listings. Original records which have been microfilmed and more recent records are in the county courthouse in Sandpoint. [2]

Cemeteries

The following cemeteries of Bonner County have been identified and some of their records located. When multiple transcriptions are listed, they may contain discrepant information. The transcriptions may have been made at different times and by different people. Some names may have been mis-read. Some gravestones may have been missed. All transcriptions available for each cemetery should be checked.

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[4] in Boise; transcription and photos of 147 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website: another transcription of 136 gravestones made in 2000-2001 available through Interment.net website; transcription made in 2000 available at USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Boyer Cemetery (Kootenai)

3.9 m E of Hwy95/Hwy 200 junction on Hwy 200

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[5] in Boise; transcription of 14 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 14 gravestones made in 2000 available on Interment.net website; transcription available at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Brinkwood Cemetery

Sunnyside

Transcription of 8 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 6 gravestones made in 2001 and available on Interment.net website; transcription of 6 gravestones at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Cabinet Cemetery

6.9 m E from iron bridge out of Clark Fork, S of river

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[6] in Boise; transctiption of 15 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 15 gravestones made in 2001 available on Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[8] in Boise; transcription of 15 gravestones availbale through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 15 gravestones done in 2000-2001 available on Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Clark Fork Cemetery

Clark Fork

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[9] in Boise; transcription of 251 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 491 gravestones done in 2001 available on Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Colburn Cemetery

Colburn

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[10] in Boise; transcription of 39 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 27 gravestones done in 2000 available on Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb sire for Bonner County

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[12] in Boise; transcription of 633 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 2793 gravestones made in 2000-2001 through Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[14] in Boise; transcription of 9 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 141 gravestones made in 2000 available through Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Greenwood Cemetery (Old Clark Fork Cemetery)

T56N R2E Sec 28

Transcription of 23 gravestones made in 2002 available through Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Hope Cemetery

Hope

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[15] in Boise; transcription of 12 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; transcription of 490 gravestones made in 2000-2001 available through Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Humbird Cemetery

Sandpoint

Transcription of 28 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 27 gravestones made in 2001 available through Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Lakeview Cemetery

Sandpoint

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[16] in Boise; transcription of 173 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 2013 gravestones made in 2000 available through Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Old Hope Cemetery (Chinese Cemetery)

W edge of Hope

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[17] in Boise; transcription of 16 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 34 gravestones made in 2001 available through Interment.net website; transcription at the USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[19] in Boise; transcription of 71 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 293 gravestones made in 2002 available through Interment.net website; transcription at USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[22] in Boise; transcription of 521 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 518 gravestones made in 2000 available through Interment.net website; another transcription of 549 gravestones made in 2002 available through Interment.net website; transcription at USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Settlement (Old Priest River) Cemetery

Priest River

Transcription of 2 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 1 gravestone made in 2002 available through Interment.net website; transcription at USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[24] in Boise; transcription of 589 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 520 gravestones made in 2000 available through Interment.net website; another transcription of 523 gravestones made in 2002 available through Interment.net website; transcription at USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Whispering Pines Cemetery (Morton) (Dawson)

Morton - 7.8 m W of Hwy 95 on Lakeshore Drive

Some records of this cemetery at PARL[25] in Boise; transcription of 56 gravestones available through Find-A-Grave.com website; another transcription of 38 gravestones made in 2000 available through Interment.net website; transcription at USGenWeb site for Bonner County

Census

Church History and Records

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

The following local congregation (ward) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints existed in Bonner County, Idaho prior to 1950. Many of the original records of church units are in the Historical Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Sandpoint

County Commissioners' Records

Court Records

Judgment Books

History

Land and Property

Maps

Military History and Records

World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Bonner County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm number 1452110) and are also available online at Ancestry.com, for a subscription fee. The original cards are maintained in the Southeast Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in East Point, Georgia and have been microfilmed by the National Archives as their Microcopy M1509.

Miscellaneous Series

Often overlooked by the genealogist, this group of volumes may contain affidavits for citizenship, final disposition of estates, divorce decrees, and many other types of valuable documents. The content varies from county to county, year to year and from clerk to clerk. When the estate case files, civil or criminal files are not available or have been destroyed, you may find key documents recorded here. Most counties will have an index to this series and it is a must search if the information you are seeking is not found elsewhere.

Newspapers

Current

Probate

Taxation

Any existing tax assessment rolls for Bonner County should be in the courthouse in Sandpoint and would need to be accessed by visiting there.

Vital Records

Birth

The Birth Registers for Bonner County, 1907-1911, have been microfilmed and are available at the Idaho State Historical Society Library in Boise and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Birth records, 1911 to present, for individuals born in Bonner County are included in and recorded at the state level. These records are restricted for a period of one hundred years from the time of the individual's birth but can be obtained by following the guidelines as issued by the State of Idaho. See the Vital Records section under the subject Idaho for more details.

Marriage

Deaths

The death registers for Bonner County, 1907-1911 have been microfilmed and are available at the Idaho State Historical Society Library (PARL) in Boise and at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

After 1911, deaths occuring in Bonner County are included in the state-wide registration program. These records are restricted for a period of fifty years from the time of the individual's death but can be obtained by following the guidelines as issued by the State of Idaho. See the Vital Records section under Idaho for details.

Copies of death certificates from 1911-1954 are on microfilm and can be used at the Idaho State Historical Society Library, the Family History Library, BYU-Idaho University Library in Rexburg and several other locations.

A state-wide index to Idaho Deaths, 1911-1956 is available online. Efforts to expand this index to 1960 are underway. Another version is the US Genweb Idaho Death Index 1911-1956.

Societies, Libraries and Museums

Many public libraries provide internet access to sites of value to the family historian. Some have special collections of historical and cultural interest, as well. The following libraries may have some resources of value, but use of some or all of them may require a visit to the library.